What a Chinese New Year; a year of the Ox?! I'm really not sure how fun it is to have this water-ox bringing flood to few areas in Sibu. My Sibu house wasn't flooded but the front lane was and still is today. As the normal family tradition, we don't normally go out visiting on the 1st day of CNY. And at the same time, I guess it's a tradition for many others too, who don't go out on the 1st day too. So everybody ended up as usual, of what the tradition teaches us, just to stay at home, being with the family, and all the bla bla bla. On the same day, we sent my sis & family to the airport as they needed to go back to Australia catching the afternoon flight.
My nephews & niece + my other cousins.
Left: I learnt 1 important skill; how to transport a baby trolley to the escalator the correct way. Right: Timmy's favourite toy, Labah-Labah Manusia!
Sushi @ Sushi Tie. Ermm.... slightly cheaper than Sushi King, I prefer S.King though...
Timmy was so cute; he liked Ava so much that he wanted to bring her back to Melb. This is how he asked my sis in law, 'Can I bring Ava back to Melbourne please?'. Guess what my sis in law answered him? - U ASK JIU JIU!
Ok, 1st day's gone. Now, on the 2nd day, we start to see rain coming in. Boo...the front lane got a little flooded. Little flood won't stop the Foochow to come visiting. So, we started to see different relatives and friends coming for a visit. Not many, just a few came in the late afternoon. We managed to go for a quick visitation to the close relatives since my 2nd brother & family had to catch a flight to Miri in the afternoon. Interestingly I managed to meet up with Ah Wei, Ah Yieng and of coz Ah Khai, the organizer of the short meet up at Sugar Bun, just opposite the Sibu Gateway. Right after that, they visited my place, then Ah Wei's, Ah Yieng's and finally Ah Khai's. It was our 1st time visiting each others' houses; small group, yet it was quite fun.
We were supposed to meet up with Alex & other gang at 10pm that night. However the water level rose so fast that we had to cancel it. Anyway, here comes the 3rd day of CNY and it was time for me to leave. I took a boat, praying hard that the sea would not be rough. Thank God, though it was raining, the sea was rather calm. However, that didn't excuse my head to spin yea. I learnt a lesson; doesn't matter what condition the sea is, always take the Pill! According to Cting, it's magic. Well, I guess if the pill works for her, surely it will work for everybody.
Mom's cooking, not as much as before but they are still the best!
Well, this is one of the quietest CNY ever. I counted, we had less than 10 families visiting us this year. All because of the flood. Well, maybe that's a good thing too; helping mom to save some angpows expenses. I ended up carrying few tibbits home hehehe... just too much junk food left over. Looking back now, I did spend good times with my family. It was the 1st time my nephews and niece spent their CNY in Sibu and it was great for them to see all the amazing fireworks, though it wasn't as great as before. And that included my dear bro in law who was so excited. I told him that he was just like a big kid, especially when he stood beside his children.
One of the most exciting to see in Sibu during the CNY is the Fireworks! Bro bought some of these 'stuff'. Watch how we burn 'money' in just 10 seconds...
Bro got so excited and decided to burn ALL of the fireworks in 1 night since my sister & family were leaving on the next day. You guys gotta see this man...something must be really wrong with this bunch of Firecracker. It burnt in less than 1.5 seconds and got my bro burnt a little.
Look at his new Nike shirt!
This is classic! Sometimes, it does make sense why the government decides to ban Fireworks... but then.. but then.. u know, sometimes we just have this 'can't-help-it' attitude hehehe...
Well, I'm back to Kuching now, started teaching today and gosh, the rain started last night, has never stopped even for a second till now. If it keeps raining, I'm sure I'd have to stay at home again tomorrow... let's see what God would do yea..
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